In the past few weeks, several biosimilar products have been granted marketing authorization in Europe and Japan, and additional products have been recommended for approval in Europe. The European Commission Approves Henlius and Organon’s Denosumab Biosimilars: On September 19, 2025, Shanghai Henlius Biotech and Organon announced that the European Commission…
On July 16, 2025, Bio-Thera Solutions, Ltd. (“Bio-Thera”) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) had accepted its Biologics License Application (“BLA”) for its golimumab biosimilar, BAT2506, referencing Johnson & Johnson’s (“J&J”) SIMPONI®. Golimumab is a human IgG1 monoclonal antibody that blocks the inflammatory effects of tumor necrosis…
On February 10, 2025, Bio-Thera Solutions, Ltd. announced that they entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. to commercialize BAT2506 (golimumab), Bio-Thera’s proposed biosimilar of SIMPONI®, in the United States. According to the agreement, Bio-Thera will maintain responsibility for the development, manufacturing, and supply of BAT2506, while…
On December 3, 2024, Accord BioPharma, Inc. (“Accord”), the U.S. specialty division of Intas Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. (“Intas”), announced an agreement to acquire Coherus BioSciences, Inc.’s UDENYCA® (pegfilgrastim-cbqv) business. UDENYCA®, the only biosimilar to Amgen’s NEULASTA® in the United States, is administered the day after chemotherapy treatment to decrease the incidence…
On July 14, Dong-A ST announced that the European Medicines Agency accepted its Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for DMB-3115, a biosimilar referencing STELARA (ustekinumab). STELARA is approved for the treatment of plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis. The MAA submission was based on the results of a…
As we previously reported, the parties in the follow-on Amgen v. Apotex BPCIA litigation concerning Apotex’s proposed biosimilars of NEUPOGEN (filgrastim) and NEULASTA (pegfilgrastim) informed the district court on August 8 that they were drafting a stipulation and unopposed motion that would substitute Apotex as a party with a then-unnamed…